Alaska State Capitol and Juneau/Douglas City Museum

After meeting Sarah for breakfast Wednesday morning, I headed to the Alaska State Capitol for a tour and then over to the Juneau/Douglas City Museum.  The Capitol gives tours every 20 minutes or so and then lets you wander around on your own.

  After seeing the chambers for the senators and representatives, I looked at some of the exhibits and photographs on the wall.   Alaska celebrated its 50th year of statehood last year and there were a few exhibits in celebration.

The Juneau City Museum was interesting as well.  There is a 30 minute film about the history of Juneau/Douglas and its role in the mining industry.    There are more miles of mining tunnels in Mount Roberts than there are roads in Juneau.  I thought that was pretty amazing!!!  Lots of exhibits on the native peoples and the history of Juneau/Douglas.  Douglas is the small town across the channel from Juneau (it is where I am staying) and at one time was much larger than Juneau.

My daily walk today was around Juneau and through Evergreen Cemetery.  Joe Juneau and Richard Harris, early settlers  of Juneau/Douglas are buried next to each other with a path between.  The picture above is Joe Juneau's site.  There were lots of  headstones dating back to the late 1800s.  I thought this one was especially interesting.  If you can't read it, it says:

Frank G. Moore

Red Man

Aged 

38 Great Suns

TOTE

Summoned By The

Great Spirit

Dec 23, 1904